In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors.

Credits

Gavriil EgiazarovDirector

Georgi ZhzhyonovПётр Александрович Бессонов, командующий армией, генерал-лейтенант

Anatoliy KuznetsovВиталий Исаевич Веснин, член военсовета армии, дивизионный комиссар

Vadim SpiridonovДеев, командир дивизии, полковник

Boris TokarevНиколай Кузнецов, командир огневого взвода, лейтенант